This entire thread is a rehash of a thread of about a year ago[1]. On 5/22/02 10:07 AM, "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > Andrew Clover wrote: >> >> Okay. If you take that interpretation, they are equivalent (nearly *) >> - and useless. If this is correct, there is no way an element's height >> or vertical positioning can be based on the height of the viewport >> without using fixed positioning. > > Unless we add more prose to the spec that says that percentages on the root > element are relative to the viewport dimensions. That is precisely what was documented as intention and suggestion by one of the editors of CSS2[2], and proposed as an explicit erratum to CSS2[3], and even Rex agreed[4] (with the caveat that the errata be made in CSS2.1 - which I agree with). Tantek [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Jul/0023.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Jul/0061.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Jul/0063.html [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Jul/0065.htmlReceived on Wednesday, 22 May 2002 13:43:10 GMT
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